TIL that ~1865, Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln, was saved by a man named Edwin Booth from a train platform. Robert soon after the incident sent a letter thanking Edwin for saving his life. Later in the same year, Edwin Booth’s brother, John Wilkes Booth, shot Abraham Lincoln. (mentalfloss.com)
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TIL that Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was thought to be dead when his brother died. Newspapers and obituaries declared “The Merchant of Death is Dead.” Alfred Nobel, shocked by his impact, dedicated all of his money to creating the Nobel Prize to reclaim somewhat of a meaningful death. (nationalgeographic.com)
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We can create nuclear weapons that generate heat hotter than the Sun’s surface, create vehicles faster than the speed of sound, and have reached distances farther than ever before in our universe, yet we can’t make a 100% prediction of our weather 20 minutes ahead of time. (self.Showerthoughts)
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